cua

From Vulgar Latin cōda, early monophthongized variant of Latin cauda. Compare Occitan coa, French queue, Spanish cola.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈku.ə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈku.a/

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cua f (plural cues)

1. tail
2. queue, (line)
3. ponytail

• “cua” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cua” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• qua

• IPA^(key): /kʷa/

cua

1. (transitive) To eat.

• tlacualli

• cova

From Latin coda.

cua f (plural cues)

1. tail

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kuə˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kuə˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [kuə˧˧]

(classifier con) cua • (𧍏 - 𧍆, 蛄, 蛌, 蠏)

1. (zoology) a crab (a crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura)

• dã tràng (“sand-bubbler crab”); ghẹ (“swimming crab”); cúm (“Calappa”)
• càng (“pincer”)

Borrowed from French courtiser or French cour.

cua

1. (Southern Vietnam, slang) to take out a girl

   Synonym: cưa

Borrowed from French cours.

cua

1. (dated, informal) corner, curve, bend (point where a route changes sharply)

   Xe chạy qua cua. ― The car rounded a corner.

2. (informal) period, term, round (period of time required to complete a task)

   theo học một cua ngoại ngữ ― to study a foreign language for a term

   Học mỗi cua ba tháng. ― Each term of study is three months.

cua

1. (informal) having a buzzcut, crewcut

   đầu húi cua ― a buzzcut haircut

• "cua" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)